"I had cast my lot with a Soldier, and where he was was home to me." ~ Martha Summerhayes

23 October 2011

Afghanistan in 5 Words and 3 Exclamation Points

There was already considerable Facebookery on this topic, so forgive the repetition. We have a Dietz print in our living room--see it here. Due to its depressing nature, neither of us were eager to put it in such a central area, but it just matched so well. Seriously. The GNG has started noticing it and usually says "Ice cream!" Because she thinks the 1/503 patch looks like it features frozen dairyliciousness.

(Except there is no turquoise background and it says "FIRST ROCK".)

(Because everything in infantry world is "first", "of excellence" and in ALL CAPS.)

You know, ice cream cone or death from above, same difference.

Wait, why does the eagle need a parachute? I'm confused.

So sorry, back to my story:

But this morning she was breakfasting with the Pater Familias and she noticed it again. And then she proved that she has her dad's affinity for geopolitics and the like.